Creating an Accessible Valentine's Day Post Box

I have two boys. Liam is 8 years old (third grade) and is deafblind. Finn is 5 years old (kindergarten) and has typical vision and hearing. They both attend the same school and both got to make Valentines boxes for their class party as homework. They had a great time creating their boxes and were very proud of their creations! I wanted Liam to have a box that was as fun tactilely as his brother's was visually. It turned out that the two of them both had boxes that were fun to look at and touch! I always love it when we have projects that they can enjoy and do together.

Materials:

Box with a hole cut on the top for their classmates to put the Valentines in. We used a small cardboard mailing box and a shoe box -- whatever we had around the house.

Tactile stickers: They can be found at the dollar store, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, etc.

Emoji's: Finn wanted me to print off Emojis from my computer to add to his box. I also made Emojis that Liam could feel-using stickers for the eyes and black foam pieces for the mouths for his box. Liam and I also had a short discussion about what Emojis were. I think it's important to describe things that Liam's peers might like that he wouldn't necessarily know or have experience with otherwise. I made the Emojis myself but if we had more time I think he would have been happy to help me make them.